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Effect of genomic X-chromosome regions on Nelore bull fertility.
Journal of applied genetics - 1 Dec 2021
Hermisdorff Isis da Costa, Diaz Iara Del Pilar Solar, de Camargo Gregório Miguel Ferreira, de Albuquerque Lucia Galvão, Costa Raphael Bermal
Abstract excerpt
Scrotal circumference (SC) is a commonly used trait related to sexual precocity in bulls. Genome-wide association studies have uncovered a lot of genes related to this trait, however, only those present on autosomes. The inclusion of the second biggest chromosome (BTAX) can improve the knowledge of the genetic architecture of this trait. In this study, we performed a weighted, single-step, genome-wide association...
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